Mental Health
True or False: being stressed can make someone get sick more often.
TRUE
This nutrient makes up about 70% of our planet.
What is WATER?
There are ____ essential nutrients.
6 (or 7 if you count Fiber)
True or False: nicotine is the substance in tobacco and vapes that gets you addicted.
TRUE
This type of drug speeds up your brain and body.
What are STIMULANTS?
Your body's physical and emotional reaction to pressure or a challenge
What is STRESS?
This nutrient helps us build muscle.
What is PROTEIN?
The 5 categories listed on the MyPlate are fruits, grains, vegetables, protein, and _________.
What is DAIRY?
What is TOBACCO?
This type of drug slows down your brain, body, reaction time, coordination, and inhibitions.
What are DEPRESSANTS?
The effort to manage and overcome problems and difficult situations.
What is COPING?
This nutrient is found in products like bread and pasta.
What are CARBS or CARBOHYDRATES?
The biggest sections on the MyPlate are ____________ or ___________.
What are VEGETABLES or GRAINS?
Using vapes can affect this organ system, making it harder to breathe during sports or physical activities.
What is the RESPIRATORY SYSTEM?
These type of drugs must be obtained with permission from your doctor.
What are PRESCRIPTION DRUGS?
This word describes how you feel on the inside, such as happy, sad, angry, or nervous.
What are EMOTIONS?
This nutrient is sometimes not listed as essential, but helps keep your digestive system functioning regularly.
What is FIBER?
Digestion begins in the ___________.
What is MOUTH?
Vape companies often use fruity or candy flavors to appeal to this age group, even though products are illegal for them to buy.
What are TEENS or KIDS?
These types of drugs are ones that people use "for fun" or because they want to.
What are RECREATIONAL DRUGS?
The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
What is EMPATHY?
These nutrients are primarily responsible for maintaining different areas of our body, like bones, hair, skin, and nails.
What are VITAMINS or MINERALS?
Most of your nutrients enter the bloodstream through the __________ _____________.
What are SMALL INTESTINES?
Nicotine changes the way this part of the brain works — the area responsible for decision-making, attention, and impulse control — which is still developing in teens.
What is the PREFRONTAL CORTEX?
The type of drug that people can buy without a doctor's prescription.
What are OVER THE COUNTER drugs?